I've recently upgraded my system. Not sure which particular software update that cause this to break but my build scripts used to work, now they don't.
I end up with the following error when running with mvn -X: [DEBUG] Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /home/aioobe/work/pluggaonline/code/studio/target/jnlp && /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/../bin/jarsigner -verbose -keystore /home/aioobe/work/pluggaonline/code/studio/keystore/po-keystore -storepass ......... -signedjar /home/aioobe/work/pluggaonline/code/studio/target/jnlp/javax.annotation-api-1.2.jar /home/aioobe/work/pluggaonline/code/studio/target/jnlp/unprocessed_javax.annotation-api-1.2.jar 'pluggaonline kj ab\'s comodo ca limited id' [WARNING] /bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string As you can see it doesn't build the arguments properly: It puts the alias in '...' and tries to escape one of the 'pluggaonline kj ab\'s comodo ca limited id' I would have loved to contribute with a patch, but I can't seem to find where this happens. (Perhaps I'm even sending this report to the wrong project...) Best regards, Andreas Lundblad ps. Downgrading to java 7 JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre && mvn ....... and going from <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>webstart-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.0-beta-6</version> to <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>webstart-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.0-beta-4</version> seems to work.